[Elecraft] [K3] Wine & Update Software

[Nick Lidakis]

Julian G4ILO wrote:
> VMWare may be free, but XP isn't. And expecting non Windows users to
> jump through technical hoops and buy a Microsoft OS just to run a
> firmware loader does not seem to me to be reasonable.
> 
> I wonder how many Mac or Linux users out there have not ordered a K3
> yet because of this issue?
> 

I wouldn't. I think the open spirit of Amateur Radio go hand in hand 
with the open nature of the GNU principles of free software. Since Mac 
OSX and Linux are both POSIX compliant UNIX, all we would need is some 
simple command line program written in C to run from a terminal for the 
firmware uploads.

I would not, presently, buy a radio that I could not at least upload 
firmware with from my Linux box. I have been Windows free for the last 
seven years.

Nick N2SVT